CLASS102 Midterm: All the notes
16 Oct 2016
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Myth: traditional tales, handed over orally and transmit a culture"s sense of itself. Has a collective importance cuz of its past wisdom, memories, and models. Setting: in illo tempore = myth world/ time. Divine myth: supernatural beings are the main actors, gods are more important than humans, takes place in illo tempore , etiological: myths with explanatory purpose. Legend (saga): main characters are human, gods play a role but not genre stage, take place on earth in the past. Folktales: main characters are ordinary people or animals, fables, fairytales, purpose is to entertain and educate. Collects myths and try to understand what they were to people who told them. Xenophones: believed in one god: people are limited in their imagination. Plato: said to keep myths away from kids cuz of its power, these stories are responsible of the misconceptions we have, myths are allegorical and not consistent with each other. Not rich in minerals or tillable land: mountainous/numinous.
